Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 August 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 19 July 2013
Gold closed at $1,302.60 per troy ounce on 5 August 2013, down $8.000 (0.61%) from the previous close of $1,310.60.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 31.03% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,606.00, making this a -18.89% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,302.60 per troy ounce on 5 August 2013. That is $8.00 lower than the previous close of $1,310.60, a move of -0.61%.
The gold price fell on 5 August 2013, losing $8.00 (0.61%) against the previous session's close of $1,310.60.
At $1,302.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.88 on 5 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 August 2013 18k gold was worth about $31.41 per gram and 14k about $24.43 per gram, against $41.88 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.1 on 5 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 August 2013, gold was around $1,212.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,302.60 is a gain of 7.4% over the month.
A year before 5 August 2013, gold was around $1,606.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,302.60 therefore represents a fall of 18.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 31.03% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.